Condenser.



M. LEBLANC.

GONDENSER. APPLIUATH FILED NOV. 23,11905. 953,475., .Patented Mar. 29,1910.

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CONDENSBR, APPLIUATION FILED Nov. 2a, 1905.

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MAURICE LEBLANC, 0F PARIS, FRANCE, .ASSIGNOR TO SOCIETE ANONYME POUR LEXPLOITATION DESPROCEDES WESTINGHOUSE-LEBLANC, 0F PARIS, FRANCE.

CONDENSER,

\ Specification of Itetters Patent. l .Patented Mal. 29, 1910.

Application filed November 23, 1905. Serial No. 288,701.

France, have invented a new and useful' Improvement in Condensers,.of which the following is a specification.

rI"his invention relates to condensers, and more particularly to the type known as jet condensers.

The object of this invention is to produce a simple apparatus of the class above inentioned which is extremely eiiicient and adapted to awide range of application.

A further object has been to produce a rotary jet condenser in which simple mechanical means are utilized for breaking up the flow of condensing liquid and causing it to be ejected from the condenser at a high velocity so -that it will -condense and carry away the vapor or gas to which it is exposed and. thereby create 'and maintain a desired vacuum. attain in a condenser embodying in its make up the elements herein described and illustrated' in the accompanying drawings, throughout the several views of which like parts are designated by corresponding characters. I

Figure 1 is a vertical section of a condenser embodying this invention. In Fig.

`2 the condenser is shown' partially in elevation and partially in'scctionlfor convenience of description. Fig. 3 is a diagrannnatic representation of a reversely rotated water embodyingl adetail of this inven` turbine tion. A

yThe essential features of this invention are a condensing chamber communicating with the exhaust uid passages of an engine or with other sources of vapor lto be'condensed, to which the condensing liquid is admitted through a rotating nozzle which is adapted to break up the flow of 1iiquid into a mass of separate drops; a reversely` rotated water turbine arranged to lreceive the condensingliquid issuing from the-condensing chamber and discharge it at a high velocity into the exterior passages of the condenser or into*` the atmospher'eand therebyV create and maintain a vacuuml within the condenser, as will be more fully described mhercinafter.

This and other objects I Fig. 8, the water leaving the a turbine wheel 6 through ag passa e 7 with an absolute velocity The turbine wheel 5 is rotated by some mechanical means in the direction of the feathered arrows so that the blades 5 have a'peripheral velocity V. The water entering the turbine is acted 0n by the blades and the absolute velocity tv of the water combines with the peripheral -velocity Vcf the blades to form a velocity "W relative to the blades. The relative velocity l/V is overcome by the centrifugal force occasioned by the rotation of the turbine and the water' is then projected radially by this centrifugal force and tends to leave the wheel with a velocity approximately equal to and of opposite sign from the velocity YV( This velocity combines with the peripheral velocity V of the blades and forms an absolute velocity c, superior to the' velocity 'w of the water at its entrance to the wheel. The blades 6, as in all analo gous cases, are so arranged that the water is received and discharged by them with as This angle varies of course for different ve.

locities of the turbine and of the entering water. f

Referring to Fig. 1: YThe vapor to be condensed enters a condensing chamber 9,

through an inlet opening 10. The walls of' the condensing chamber 9 gradually converge, forming a passa-ge or combiningtube 7. Condensing 1i uid` is introduced into the "chamber l9 throng a supply pipe-12 and is fili'acharged into a jrotary distributer 13 mounted on brackets 14 which are supported by walls 11. Thedistributer 13 consists 0f two or more branch pipes 15 connected to a 'main pipe 16 and is adapted toghe rotated by the water passing through it so that the'v issuing jets of water flow successively through all parts of the lower portion of the chamber-9. The combining tube 7 connects with-a collecting or pump chamber 19.

in which the reversely vrotated water' turbine 6 islocated. The portionireferre'dto as the reversely rotated turbine is in reality a pump impeller and will be so termed throughout the following description. The nnpeller 6 is mounted on the shaft 8 which is suitably journaled in thevframe portion 17 of the condenser and is provided with an operating pulley 18. The condensing liquid, discharged from the combining tube 7, is received by the blades of the impeller and dischargedfrom the chamber 19 through a converging nozzle 21. nects with a diffuser spout 23, to which is connected the exterior passage 24 of the con-I denser. The pump chamber 19 besides being connected to chamber 9 by the passage 7 is also connected to said chamber 9 by means introduced into the chamber 25 through the passage 26. The steam in vdischarging through` the passage '27 'and the diffuser spout 23 into the atmosphere acts as an ejector and the air or other non-condensable fluid contained within the condensing chamber is drawn through the passage 20 and opening 22 in the discharge, nozzle 21 and carried by means of the stream passing through the discharge nozzle through the diffuser andmuaygayufrom the apparatus. -By

v...fthistm'iisvthe air in lthe steam lentering the condenser, as well as the air liberated from the condensing water, 1s removed from the apparatus. By creating a partial vacuum in the condenser, the condensing liquid is caused to enter the chamber 9 through the supply pipe,12 with a velocity corresponding to the diHerence in the pressure between the condensing chamber and the atmosphere. After a desired entrance velocity vof the condensing liquid has been attained, the steam supplied to the chamber 25 is shut off, since the water in passing through and out of the condensing apparatus will maintain the vacuum. The condensing water issuing from the supply pipe 1'2'enters and rotates the distributer 13 from which it is discharged in a shower of' spray into the chamber 9. The shower of condensing water, in passing through and out of the condensing chamber, condenses and carries with it the vapor, air or other gas to which it visexposed. The converging walls of the combining tube7 collect the spray and form it; into al stream which is discharged onto the rotating blades of the impeller. The condensing water discharged from the impeller 6, because'of its high velocity, passes through the nozzle 21 andl the diffuser spout 23 intothe atmosphere or exterior passages pf the condenser. The water or condensing 'iqu'id in passing through the condensing apparatus, because of its condensing action and The nozzle 21 con-4 tained without increasing the diameter ofv the reversely rotated turbine.

`Having now described my invention, what I claim as new and useful and desire to Secure by LettersPatent is: Y

1. A fluid ejecting device, comprising a fluid chamber, a liquid supply pipe, pro?,

videdI with a rotatable diffuser, communlcat# in therewith, a pump chamber, a bladed impe ler, a converging passage communicating with said 4fluid chamber and delivering fluid tangentially to said impeller, a diffuser spout', a discharge nozzle receiving fluid from said impeller and communicating with said diffuserspout and a passage connecting said pump chamber to said fluid chamber.

2. In a fluid ejecting device comprising a fluidlchamber, a liquid supply pipe com# municating therewith, a pump chamber, a

bladed impeller operating therein, a'passage y communicating with said fluid chamberV and delivering fluid tangentially vto the external periphery of said impeller, a diffuser spout and a discharging nozzle receiving fluid from said pumpchamber and communicating with said diffuser spout. y

3. 'A fluid ejecting device comprising -a fluid chamber, a liquid supply pipe communicating therewith, a pump chamber, a bladed impeller operating in said pump chamber, a converging passage communieating with said fluid chamber and arranged to discharge liquid therefrom tangentially onto said impeller and a pressure equalizing passage communicating with said pump chamber and said fluid chamber. 4. A fluid ejecting device comprising a pump chamber, a bladed impeller operating therein, a converging passage oom 1nunicat ing'with said pump, chamber and disposed tangentially with reference to said impeller, i

a diffuser spout for receiving fluid discharged rom said impeller, and a discharge nozzle communicating with said spout and axially alined therewith, said diffuserl spout and said discharge nozzle extending atright angles to said converging passage and beingl 'located tangentially' with respect to said impeller. f

5. A fluid ejecting 'devil :elt comprising a pump chamber, a bladed impeller operating therein, a converging passage con'nnunicat-4 ing with said pump chamber and disposed tangentiallyfwith reference to said impeller, a convergent diffusery spout communicating with said pump chamber and adapted to receive fluid discharged from said impeller,

and a divergent discharge nozzle communicating with said diffuser tand located between it and said impeller, said diffuser spoutextending at right angles to said converging passage and being located tangentially with reference to said impeller.

6. A fluid ejecting device comprising a pump chamber, a bladed impeller operating therein, a converging passage communicating with said pump chamber and disposed tangentially with reference to said impeller, a diffuser spout adapted to receive fluid discharged from said impeller, a discharge nozzle located between said spout and vsaid impeller axially alined with said spout and eX- tending at right angles to said converging passage, and an equalizing passage betweenv said pump chamber and said converging passage. 7. Huid ejecting device comprising a converging passage, a liquid supply pipe provided with a rotatable distributer communicating therewith, a pump chamber,v a .bladed impeller operating therein and arranged to receive fluid tangent-ially from said converging passage, a diffuser spout, a discharge nozzile communichting with said pump chamber and said diffuser spout and a pressure equalizing passage communicating with said converging passage and said pump chamber. f

8. A uid ejecting device comprising a fluid chamber, a liquid supply pipe communicating therewith provided with a rotatable distributer, a pump chamber provided with abladed impeller, a converging passage communicating with saidl pump chamber and said fluid passage and adapted to discharge Huid tangentially onto said bladed impeller, a converging and divergiiig discharge passage communicating with said pump chamber and a pressure equalizing passage between said pump chamber and said fluid chamber.

Q. A Huid ejecting device comprising a Huid chamber, aliquid supply pipe communieating therewith, a pumpchamber, a bladed impeller in said chamber, a passage communicating with said fiuid lchamber and delivering fluid to said impeller, a diffuser `spout, a discharge. nozzle communicating with said pump chamber and said diffuser spout and receiving liquid from said impeller, an opening in said discharge nozzle communicating with sa id pump chamber and communicatingwithsaid pump chamber and with said fluid chamber.

10. A fluid ejccting devicecomprising a fiuid chamber, a liquid supply pipe communicating therewith and provided with a r0- tatable distributei, a pump chamber, a bladed impeller operating therein, a converging passage communicating with said r fluid chamber arranged to discharge fluid 6v tangentially onto said impeller, a diffuser spout.

said fluid chamber and disposed tangentially with reference to said impeller, a diffuser spout, a discharge nozzle receiving fluid discharged from'said impeller and communicat-ing with said diffuser spout, a lateral opening in said nozzle communicating with said pump chamber, a pressure utilizing pas-y sage between said pump chamber and said lluid,chamber, -a steam chamber communicating with a source of steam supply surrounding said nozzle and passages communicating therewith and with said diffuser .12. A uid ejecting device comprising a iuid chamber, a pump chamber, a bladed impeller operating in said pump chamber, a passage communicatiivig with said pump chamber and said uid. chamber, a diffuser spout, a discharge nozzle communicating with said pump chamber and said diffuser spout, a chamber communicating with a source of steam supply and passages communicating therewith and with said diffuser spout.

13. A fluid ejecting device comprising a duid chamber, a pump chamber, a bladed impeller operating in said pump chamber, a passage communicating with said pump chamber and said fluid chamber, a diffuser spout, a discharge nozzle communicating with said pump chamber and said diffuser spout, a chamber communicating with a source of steam supply and surrounding vsaid nozzles and passages communicating therewith and with a di user spout.

14. In combination in a fluid ejectiiig device, a rotatable impeller, means for delivering a liquid stream tangentially to the eX- tei'ual periphery of said impeller and means receiving the liquid discharged by said impeller and formed so as to transform fluid velocity into pressure. i

l5. In a fluid ejecting device, in combination with a chamber from which the fluid is.

to be ejected, a rotatable impeller, .means communicating with said chamber for delivering -a liquid stream tangentially to the external periphery of said impeller and means for collecting the liquid stream discharged by said impeller and for delivering it from said device.

16. In combination in a uid ejecting device, a chamber, a rotatable impeller, a passage disposed so as to discharge liquid tanisc gentially tothe externaly periphery of said impeller, a nozzle device for receiving the liquid discharged by said impeller and a passage disposed so as to. lace said nozzle device in communication with said chamber.

17. In acondensing apparatus,acondens 'ing chamber provided with converging Walls terminating in an outlet, means for supplying condensing liquid to said chamber, a ro- 18'. In a condensing apparatus, a condensing chamber provided with converging Walls terminating in an outlet, .means for supplying condensing liquid to said chamber, a ro# tatable nnpeller arranged so as to receive' the liquid discharged through said outlet and adapted to directly impart thereto a relativelyfhigh velocity, a combining or collecting chamber receiving the liquid discharged from said impeller, a diifuser communicating with the outlet of said combin- A.

ing chamber, and means utilizing the velocity-:imparted to said liquid by said impeller for removing` the non-condensable vapors from said condensing chamber ata point above the inlet of the condensingliquid.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name this sixth day of November, 1905.

MAURICE LEBLANC. Witnesses:

PIERRE LAVAUR, HANsoN C. Coxn. 

